@JTT,
JTT wrote:
The facts, Stupid, it's the facts.
How many times, can you count, has the US talked of forcibly changing governments in other countries. That is terrorism. How many times, can you count, has the US actually changed governments in other countries. That is terrorism.
1 - You do not give specifics.
2 - I do not agree with you. The U.S. has freed Europe from Nazism. Protected Europe from Communism. Saved the Pacific Rim from Japanese Imperialism.
3 - Since you do not seem to ever make mention of the good (see #2 above) that the U.S. has done, I can only view your opinions as part of the ideology of a "true believer" of a specific ideology, whatever that might be?
4 - Calling me "Stupid" takes away from the veracity of your opinion, since the "ad-hominem" argument is not a valid argument at all.
5 - In a world with finite resources, finite skilled labor, and finite land, the only way this country is able to maintain a western standard of living is to "manage" the world-wide competition that results in some living better than others. I do not believe we can motivate every one of the six plus billion inhabitants of this Earth to get up every morning and do something that reflects 16 years of western education. There are a lot of slackers on this planet, so to speak. So, the U.S. must function in a world-wide economy where many are just happy to be the proverbial kid with a bag of candy that can say: "You cannot have any!" Yes, the U.S. should manage a world of lazy, but nationalistic, self-centered a-holes. Not everyone, but many.
